Yelm, WA Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Yelm, WA Summary

Crime in Yelm research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Yelm over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Yelm:

  • There were 233 total crimes committed in Yelm in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,153.4 total crimes per 100K people in Yelm.
  • The overall crime rate in Yelm is 1.61% above the national average.
  • Yelm ranks #93 safest out of 171 cities in Washington.
  • Yelm ranks #7,509 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Yelm Vs Washington And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Yelm is 2,153.4 per 100,000 people. That's 1.61% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -22.89% lower than the Washington total crime rate of 2,792.6 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Yelm
/ 100k People
Washington
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 233 2,153.4 2,792.6 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.8 5.0
Robbery 3 27.7 67.5 61.0
Aggravated Assault 20 184.8 217.0 256.0
Violent Crime 30 277.3 326.1 359.0
Burglary 31 286.5 398.8 229.0
Larceny 160 1,478.7 1,634.2 1,272.0
Car Theft 12 110.9 433.5 259.0
Property Crime 203 1,876.2 2,466.5 1,760.0

Yelm Crime Compared To Washington Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Washington.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Yelm

30
Violent Crimes
277.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-22.77%
Below The National Average
  • There were 30 violent crimes in Yelm in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Yelm is 277.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 360.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Yelm each year. That compares to a 1 in 306.7 chance statewide.
  • That's -22.77% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -14.97% lower than the Washington violent crime rate of 326.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Yelm

203
Property Crimes
1,876.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
6.60%
Above The National Average
  • There were 203 property crimes in Yelm in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Yelm is 1,876.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 53.3 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Yelm each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 6.60% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -23.93% lower than the Washington property crime rate of 2,466.5 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Yelm

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Lakewood, WA 61,873 2,642 4,270.0 3,621.9 648.1
Lacey, WA 58,872 1,563 2,654.9 2,468.1 186.8
Olympia, WA 55,775 2,231 4,000.0 3,435.2 564.8
Dupont, WA 9,677 113 1,167.7 1,116.0 51.7

Yelm SnackAbility

8
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
8.5
Affordability
6
Diversity
8
Safety
5
Amenities
8
Education
8
Commute
3
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